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Normally they stay in place well enough from the clamping force that the receptacle's contacts apply to the prongs. Sometimes that doesn't work well with older
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
Normally they stay in place well enough from the clamping force that the receptacle's contacts apply to the prongs.
Sometimes that doesn't work well with older receptacles. Usually I can solve that by squeezing the prongs a bit closer together.
- CoastalCoder 5y agoHere's a picture of a North American household receptacle's guts, if you want to see how the springs work [0]. [0] https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc03649.jpg https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc03649.jpg